Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network: Disseminating Virtue in Early America"Explores Benjamin Franklin's network of partnerships and business relationships with printers. His network altered practices in both European and American colonial printing trades by providing capital and political influence to set up working partnerships with James Parker, Francis Childs, Benjamin Mecom, Benjamin Franklin Bache, David Hall, Anthony Armbruster, and others"--Provided by publisher. |
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... Apprentice to Journeyman to Master Printer 22 3. The Moral Foundations of Franklin's Journalism 36 4. Communicating Instruction in Philadelphia 48 5. Spreading Virtue to South Carolina 64 6. Network Expansion from New York to the ...
... Apprentice to Journeyman to Master Printer 22 3. The Moral Foundations of Franklin's Journalism 36 4. Communicating Instruction in Philadelphia 48 5. Spreading Virtue to South Carolina 64 6. Network Expansion from New York to the ...
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... the numerous lengthy treatments of the subject. Consequently, the interesting stories of Franklin's apprenticeship in Boston, his service as a journeyman in London and Philadelphia , the British influences on his writing , vii Preface.
... the numerous lengthy treatments of the subject. Consequently, the interesting stories of Franklin's apprenticeship in Boston, his service as a journeyman in London and Philadelphia , the British influences on his writing , vii Preface.
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... apprenticeship system. These elements made it possible for the press not only to survive but to grow, while serving, in the words of attorney Andrew Hamilton during the Zenger trial, “publicly to remonstrate the abuses of power in the ...
... apprenticeship system. These elements made it possible for the press not only to survive but to grow, while serving, in the words of attorney Andrew Hamilton during the Zenger trial, “publicly to remonstrate the abuses of power in the ...
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... apprentice or journeyman and whose character, skill, and work ethic impressed him. Franklin then supplied the press and types and, in some cases, used his capacity as deputy postmaster-general for North America to arrange for the ...
... apprentice or journeyman and whose character, skill, and work ethic impressed him. Franklin then supplied the press and types and, in some cases, used his capacity as deputy postmaster-general for North America to arrange for the ...
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... apprentices and journeymen for their own printing houses represented a substantial departure from the European sys- tem , also practiced in colonial America , in which master craftsmen used ap- prenticeships to limit the growth of their ...
... apprentices and journeymen for their own printing houses represented a substantial departure from the European sys- tem , also practiced in colonial America , in which master craftsmen used ap- prenticeships to limit the growth of their ...
Contents
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Spreading Virtue to South Carolina | 64 |
Network Expansion from New York to the Caribbean | 78 |
The Political Imperative of the Pennsylvania German Partnerships | 98 |
Franklin Plants a Printer in His Native New England | 115 |
The Franklin Network and the Stamp Act | 138 |
Rebellion and Network Loyalties | 155 |
The Moral Reform of a Scurrilous Press | 168 |
God Humanity and Franklins Legacy | 192 |
Abbreviations | 209 |
Bibliography | 265 |
Index | 291 |
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Benjamin Franklin's Printing Network: Disseminating Virtue in Early America Ralph Frasca Limited preview - 2006 |
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